And they’re off! How have the top prospects for the 2014 NBA Draft come out of the gate in the race to be the first overall pick? One week into the season, here are my rankings. Andrew Wiggins, SF —...

I doubt Jazz fans have ever anticipated a draft prior to a season’s beginning as highly as they now do the 2014 Draft. With the Jazz looking to struggle this season, and the most highly anticipated draft class since 2003...

With every Jazz loss this season—and odds are there will be plenty—many Jazz fans will salve their pain with thoughts of the 2014 NBA Draft. Enough L’s might translate into Andrew Wiggins, after all, with Jabari Parker...

We at Salt City Hoops aim to please, and that includes responding to comments and requests, such as these to my September 9th post projecting Hayward and Favors as primary offensive options this season. Casey said: I’d be...

In an attempt to score, every team has a Plan A. Last season’s Plan A was Al Jefferson on the block. Big Al’s execution of that plan earned frequent complaint from Jazz fans. He was too slow, too finesse, too...

Anticipating the possibility that the 2013-2014 season might provide some hard to watch moments for Jazz fans, the franchise has executed a major PR and marketing blitz. A new HD jumbotron will greet fans entering Energy...

“Rejoice, friends! that we are alive And that we’re young and vigorous. Never has there been a year like this, And never has youth been so blessed.” ~Bruno Frank This poem sums up how many Jazz fans feel about the upcoming...

Hope soared among fans when the Utah Jazz traded up to procure Trey Burke in the 2013 draft, perhaps higher than at any time since the Stockton and Malone era. Even the drafting of Deron Williams failed to achieve such...

Trey Burke has had a rough welcome to the NBA in his first three Summer League games in Orlando: shooting just 9 of 41. He’s struggled finishing inside and had problems getting the same separation for jump shots he...

Clint Johnson is a professional author, writing educator, and editor. In addition to his writing center work at Salt Lake Community College, he designed, coordinates, and teaches in an experimental author residency program for a West Valley City public charter school. A frequent presenter at both writing and educational conferences, he writes about the Jazz as a break from his other writing work.